#BC4F22#BC4F22

#BC4F22 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.152 H 40.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4F22
RGB	rgb(188, 79, 34)
HSL	hsl(18, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 82%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58%, 81.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.50, 41.57, 46.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.50, 62.26, 48.11°)
OKLab	oklab(56.31% 0.1149 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(56.31% 0.152 40.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.8263, 16.4021, 3.4243)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4F22 #228FBC

analogous

#BC2242 #BC4F22 #BC9C22

triadic

#BC4F22 #22BC4F #4F22BC

tetradic

#BC4F22 #42BC22 #228FBC #9C22BC

square

#BC4F22 #42BC22 #228FBC #9C22BC

split-complementary

#BC4F22 #22BC9C #2242BC

monochromatic

#54230F #883919 #BC4F22 #DC6D3F #E69473

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC4F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC4F22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4F22

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4F22	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E611B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897A1E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 79, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.152 40.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88461',
    500: '#bc4f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4f22;
$custom-light: #d88461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 79,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.532,
    "s": 69.369,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56305,
    "c": 0.15185,
    "h": 40.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.16399
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4F22

secondary

#6DB1CD

accent

#B9EC3C

background

#FEF8F5

surface

#FDEFEA

border

#D5CAC6

text

#160B05

muted

#847C79

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4F22

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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